Many of the same forces that have reshaped America's industrial sector
are now forcing public organization through a similar transformation. One large public institution,
the Los Angeles Police Department, is navigating its way through wrenching changes.Explore how the LAPD exists as part of a larger system that makes it difficult to implement piecemeal efforts to change. Through readings, classroom discussions, interviews, and briefings by top LAPD officials, former LAPD Chiefs, and other community leaders, participants will develop a perspective of organizational change.
Topics include first-hand accounts of events following the Rodney King beating, the Christopher Commission Report, the riots, the intense pressure that was put on the Department for reform. This course also tracks events through the Police Department down to the street level patrol where public policies are actually played out.
Daryl Gates* and Willie Williams
former Los Angeles City Chiefs of Police
Stanley Sheinbaum
former President of the Los Angeles Police Commission
Edith Perez
President of the Los Angeles Police Commission
Merrick Bobb
former staff member to the Los Angeles Christopher Commission
Joe Gunn
City of Los Angeles Mayor's Office
Laura Chick
Los Angeles Police City Councilmember
Jim Newton
reporter for the Los Angeles Times
David Gascon
Deputy Chief of Police and Chief of Staff, Los Angeles Police Department
*invited